Northern Ireland’s Top 100 Companies 2019

Welcome to the Belfast Telegraph Top 100 Companies 2019 in association with Arthur Cox. We are proud that the esteemed and well-established legal practice is supporting our must-read guide to Northern Ireland’s most profitable companies for the fifth year in a row. It has been an incredible year for business in Northern Ireland, and not always for the best of reasons. Brexit has loomed large as a complicating factor. But in the absence of a clear way forward from Westminster, companies have been simply doing their best to keep doing business. Membership groups like CBI NI and Manufacturing NI resoundingly backed the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement although the future of that accord is uncertain, and we await the next Brexit deadline of October with some trepidation. But despite the turmoil of Brexit, and the continued impact on NI plc of the lack of an Executive, the Top 100 provides an opportunity to reflect on what has gone right for business this year. And it was gratifying to hear from one contributor that it’s a pleasure to write for the Top 100 as it’s always a celebration of business. We’re pleased to report that the pre-tax profit threshold has again increased this year. And after years of dominance by Danske Bank, we have a new number one company. Nonetheless, Danske and the other three main banks in Northern Ireland continue to dominate the top 10 — and to change the money in our pockets through the introduction of plastic notes. It’s… [Read full story]